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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?
(a) Singing.
(b) Getting their third warnings.
(c) Matching dimes.
(d) Throwing up.

2. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?
(a) Helping neighbors get in their hay.
(b) Hiking with his dad.
(c) A stomach virus.
(d) Running track.

3. In Chapter 9, the word is that the walk is going to go as far as where?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. What does Garraty's spine feel like in Chapter 14?
(a) Blue rod of fire.
(b) Jelly.
(c) Pins and needles.
(d) Splintered broomstick.

5. What headline does Garraty imagine seeing about Olson?
(a) LONG WALK WON BY DEAD MAN.
(b) LONG WALK PARTICIPANT FILLED WITH 100 HOLES.
(c) LONG WALKER STARVES TO DEATH.
(d) LONG WALKER ESCAPES.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the woman scream for at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What day of the week was it that Garraty found out that he was selected for the Walk?

3. What does Garraty compare the crowd in Augusta to?

4. What college do the young men who make a human pyramid attend?

5. What is Jan waving when Garraty first sees her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Garraty feel a twinge of excitement when he sees a turnpike sign saying that Oldtown is sixteen miles away?

2. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?

3. How does Barkovitch die?

4. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?

5. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

6. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?

7. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?

8. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

9. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?

10. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

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